The Dillon tribune., 1887-02-04
, N.'Lar's Dave Brill = nc

husband . your'n: "hal's Dave ''A' -"
said s:,vaGcly. ,o+ o,.o.v stroke from
ov.r;n,> L;t si! cz plainly ez tonssu' ho.i,,
nttc, words: Hcah am. to'.'e .,,....r o'>'
J,,;c,l fer rail. ti:.,c icr tn!lII 0 .,l,,,
..i;c .f.,i,,,;i Til, !ior!iin On 49,. ,,a,.-
for Nj Vernon, to tex. cou:i, S'''I'
IN, tl.ct ,,!,i'nt dare hesitate 'ei 'i'''' ~
story. ,,..-1 .y,,., john
s,,. VITO l;,:owctl Us. iss'" D
! Roam ,Iolly ov;r t-a:. IL tas l':'s'... <,.,
IAN this i,:..n't cor" clay III MI >e'''0'''
uci;!.c".' sail another. ,,n .,,,o I
I "I !.uv ,'nu.' irs'H''h' on ~ s''-,>> r,,r
VII: &c. p - 1.::s E!ci'!iEl, aa-' 49,.
Til i! !.c ul:ch letter fur se, g sc ~. ,.. no
; v.,,.r nn l. lIit'i ct least saTc yer ''o'''s
! from Ici:! So ;1iir2. III
.,;irr, ,;,:c! won't Day:ts az, G. q !'.'
! w,l. Il trumpet, :.Lc:!t|'' ttr .lc "H'''o "''>&
/ .Ijcsll am. Cone o:e. Lc;'4.
| ".Yc kin bur-, cur house Ct yer lEes o':55 a.
v;,,,in !, said: .lat l can't tell yc no "il-
| fcrent.'
said Jake Johnson. 4 kno" Hes "a .AcA
some now ground fur terbacker on thc' ''''
hillside ,., -.
! AZ believe hit is said l>unnel Giil, list
c,i,,' a r,nnit Parker, yc az llayGooa 80
over thar an git him, while son'c o, ,eo ics'
o. VIC lool; bout the stable ali iodacr STACK
thar. Mind my orders, IN sec tht' 'ney ar
carried out
.Uis manner made me fear everything "A
thought flashed inter my mlnd. nar WI"
tibet hcrs, tha,"-IIsrry followed her eyes
with lis and saw hanging Oh Eoo!is a:s,al:.s1
the wall ono Of the long tin horns used III Inc
south to call the men folks OF tho farms 10
their meals. !. was crushed and battered to
uselcssness-"I thought Ia blow hit an At
tract hi; attention. Ho n,o.t thc.l sec them
a-colnin' and git away. ran inter the Eo''se
mn srat.i,cd the horn down, but ;,forc
could put hit ter my lips ELL bennington
jerEcsl hit way from NE an stamped On ut.
"sDcb Brill said nc, with r'o:tslly hate
ful look, yer Icart an sassy an bold, ar hcv
alcr; been SO, an SOS yer Aankcc!!cd hus-
band. Ie'vc he'd yer own way oi.cn-too
often, Now III hcv n1inc an wipe out sonlc
long stantin' scores. Dave Drl!i hcz capped
lifetime O pl;.guc ala' disturbance ter L.;
bctters by b,conlin' a traitor ter lis country
an inducin' others, ter be traitors. lie mast
hc uuictrd. Come cut an listen
"lic pulled l,c out inter the yard Dave
wuz s;il! ehorrir' away. Eur nearly every
day fur nigh thirty years tho sou..tl O his ax
he'd teen music in my ears; l had lalI,cd to
know hit, even afcrc VIC VII: lovers, fur his
father; land j!,,cl my fathers an lit sacn!s
t,r l,c thet could tell the note o Lis AK from
th.t q everybody else, almost cz oirly c., l
could Tel! Il robi:i's song from a tlacIbi:u's.
Girl, woman, wife an mother, he'd listc!cd
to hit while | Knit, wove O: spun, every
stroke min"l;n' with the sounds O ray wheel
or loom am the song O the birds, TN tcl.in'
nc wllar l!c wuZ, an the. he wuz toiiin'
chce!fuly lur nlc an mine.
Now, fur the fust time in all these years
hits steady, strong beat brought E,is'ry ter
my cars. Hit WIZ cz the tol,ia' OF Il bell fur
some ono not yit dead. My heart o'ny beat
~ fast cz lie chopped. Hit would give great
jump when the sound @ the blow reached lnc,
nn' then stand still until the next ono came.
"4tt last came long-O, SO long Cau;c.
"'Thcy'vc got thar said Fill Pennington,
cranin' forward his head ter kctch the fust
souisd. Hes seed 'em an is tryin' ter git
way. But he kin never 90 hit know the
men / sent ter do the job
"I"o rifle shots sounded almost together,
an then Immediately artcr WIZ Z. couple O.
boastfui lnjun-likc yc.ls.
"Thar, Deb, i,cah thct? Yer witllcr now.
&c thankful t',ct ] let ycoT 50 easy. cu~ht
by rights ter burn Yer house an put thct boy
o. your'n Hhar he'll DO 10 harm. But t!isl.
do fur an example ter these mountin. t,r,i-
tors. They've lost ther leader, an tier haint
no one ter take his place. They'll know now
tibet we're in dead ail,,est. Boys, go inter the
house an :,it all the guns thar is thar, an
what Nittlcs am blankets ye want; but mako
haste: fur Wc must cit away from hcai in a
hurry .
= run az fast ez my fcc:'d carry mo 10 w..ar
David lay stone dead. Fortucr sadl!cl lis
colt an gallopcl Oft ter his cousin Jim Fort
''ecs, ter rouse the home gyacl. The colt
tvir si':l Jims house, bckasc hits nanny w,,z
thar; hut my sol never did. L., ,a!.il.' the
shortest r"&'i he he'd ter cross The tanGc rous.
eat ford o! the Iso"lassel. Tho you,,;, least
"n* skrorcl nigh ter DEATH ar hits rider w,,z
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